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Bretwalda (also
brytenwalda and bretenanwealda,
sometimes capitalised) is an Old
English word. The
first record comes from the late 9th-century Anglo-Saxon...
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other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Ceawlin is also
named as one of the
eight "
bretwaldas", a
title given in the
Chronicle to
eight rulers who had overlordship...
- in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
written centuries after his death, as a
bretwalda (an Old
English term
meaning 'Britain-ruler' or 'wide-ruler'). He was...
- the late
ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he is
referred to as a
bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the
first English king to
convert to Christianity...
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portal History of Anglo-Saxon
England Cornovii (Cornish)
Related terms:
Bretwalda, High King for
hegemons among kings Compare:
Tetrarchy Five
Burghs Kirby...
- Britain. In the 9th-century Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle he is
referred to as a
Bretwalda. Adomnán
describes Oswald as "ordained by God as
Emperor of all Britain"...
- Dore. The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle subsequently described Ecgberht as a
bretwalda or 'wide-ruler' of Anglo-Saxon lands.
Ecgberht was
unable to maintain...
- Anglo-Saxon monarchs, and the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle gives him the
title bretwalda, or "ruler of Britain". In 627,
Edwin was
baptised under the influence...
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Humber estuary. The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle does not list Æthelbald as a
bretwalda, or "Ruler of Britain",
though this may be due to the West
Saxon origin...
- of Wes**** Born: 847–849
October 26
Regnal titles Preceded by Æthelred
Bretwalda 871–899 Last
holder King of the West
Saxons 871–c. 886
Became king of...
